November 11, 2013

NOAM SCHEIBER: Hillary’s Nightmare? A Democratic Party That Realizes Its Soul Lies With Elizabeth Warren. Also the GOP’s dream, I suspect. But I further suspect that Warren is being held in reserve in case Hillary somehow tanks early. They need someone to keep their “War On Women” schtick going for 2016. But, seriously: Who thinks that a first-term Senator from a blue state is going to beat Hillary in the Democratic Primary? I mean, like that’s going to happen.

I'm sorry but this has to be a distraction. Warren is way too easy to beat with her past. Just her milking a minority distinction to get into college would be enough to cut out her minority constituents.

Warren resonates with the current populist theme of the Democrat party. I thought she had little chance in MA but MA has the liberal elite AND plenty of low information voters, a growing segment of the populace. They tuned out her fraudulent Native American claims, abetted by the MSM which buried the issue as it will do for all Ds. Her "middle class is getting hammered" by the banks, Wall Street, evil Rs, ad nauseum played very well with a majority. She's another "War on Women" card player. She also portrays herself as a Washington "outsider". Do NOT underestimate CA, WA, NY, PA, etc. carrying this Marxist to victory.

Unfortunately, her Marxist views resonate with those doing poorly in a bad economy. The idiot vote has no clue what they are voting for. They throw their vote at anyone who promises to give them something for free.

The Republicans need to get nasty in order to beat this Marxist (something Scott Brown failed to do).

Perhaps there's good news here.I doubt that Hillary Clinton or Joe Biden can get nominated or elected due to age. I've thought that for a long time.Elizabeth Warren carried Taxachussetts, a state that makes New York look like Montana for liberal foolishness. I seriously doubt that her popularity there will carry any real weight in the rest of the country.The "populist" wing of the Democratic Party that the article refers to is nothing of the sort. It makes populist noises but it's the serfdom wing, the dependency wing. The far left of the Democratic Party has less nationwide support than the Tea Party has and that by a wide margin.I hope that nominating a woman will mean less to voters in 2016 than nominating a person of statecraft. Someone with a commitment to liberty, responsibility, achievement, and America itself. That's not Elizabeth Warren nor any prominent Democrat.Meantime, let's talk about the governors of North Carolina and New Mexico. I don't want to nominate a woman to nominate a woman, but let's be sure that a couple of serious and competent conservatives get encouraged to consider their own presidential potential.

I do not rule out the possibility that if what passes for normal elections happen in 2014 and 2016, that Warren might run, and theoretically be the nominee. But we are stretching theory to the breaking point. There are other powerful interests who will want their candidate.

However, if she does manage the nomination, the general election is a far surer thing for her than most people realize. First, the Institutional Republicans are doing their absolute best to drive away their voter base. The most likely candidates being pushed are exactly the ones that the base will not tolerate. The nominating rules were changed at the last national convention, and the Institutionals *will* get their candidate, for what little good it will do them.

Then there is the matter of the level of election fraud in this country. You need a 10%+ actual margin of victory to overcome the Democrat margin of fraud. The country is becoming like New York [state and city] where the Democrat nomination is the equivalent to inauguration regardless of what you are.

Since the main thing the federal government does is transfer income, and since most of the income transfers are from men to women, Fauxcahontas ought to be the ideal Democratic candidate since her political program is to increase the federal government's income transfers. This would create the same problem politically that the Instawife has noted in the institution of marriage. When women treat men as ATM's, the men do their best to shun the inequitable treatment and the women wonder what's wrong with the men.

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